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CASUALTY: Fire crews were called to a blaze started by a candle lit to commemorate the start of the first world war, it emerged yesterday.
The candle was lit as part of Monday’s Lights Out event, which encouraged people to turn off lights for an hour until 11pm, the time war was declared in 1914.
Firefighters were called to the property in Whitehill Road, Cambridge, at 12.18am on Tuesday. The candle set curtains alight before the fire spread through the property, an investigation found.
FUNNY MONEY: George Osborne announced yesterday the government would explore the potential of digital currencies such as Bitcoin.
The Chancellor said the regulation of virtual and digital currencies, and the risks associated with them, will be explored in a bid to boost Britain’s financial technology sector.
Bitcoin is a virtual currency that enables people to pay for goods and services from their computer or mobile device independent of any bank or central authority.
SCOTLAND: Clashes over issues such as what the currency of an independent Scotland would be have set Twitter users aflutter, according to figures from the social media giant yesterday.
More than 2,000 tweets were sent at that point of Tuesday’s debate between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling, with a total of 186,267 sent overall during the show on STV.
Twitter said 72,000 tweets were made about the Yes campaign, and 31,000 about the Better Together campaign.
TORY SWITCH: David Cameron has moved swiftly to replace Baroness Warsi after her resignation from the government over its “morally indefensible” policy on Gaza.
The Prime Minister announced yesterday that Baroness Anelay of St Johns, the chief whip in the Lords, will take up the post of Minister of State at the Foreign Office. She will attend Cabinet.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles will take over Lady Warsi’s cross-departmental responsibilities for faith and communities. Lord Taylor of Holbeach becomes the new chief whip in the upper chamber. In a further move Lord Bates becomes a junior Home Office minister.
